Islamist bomb targets Mogadishu hotel, killing at least 10

Record ID: 1397600

  • Title: Islamist bomb targets Mogadishu hotel, killing at least 10
  • Date: 28th February 2019
  • Summary: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (FEBRUARY 28, 2019) (REUTERS) FLAMES AND SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDING BURNING CAR IN STREET PEOPLE STANDING IN STREET, BUILDING ON FIRE
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2019 20:38
  • Keywords: suicide car bomb Mogadishu hotel Al Shabaab Maka Al Mukaram street
  • Location: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
  • City: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
  • Country: Somalia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies
  • Reuters ID: LVA001A3I04EF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    A suicide car bombing targeting a Mogadishu hotel by the Islamist group Al Shabaab on Thursday (February 28) killed at least 10 people and destroyed buildings in the Somali capital's busiest street, police said.
    It was one of the heaviest blasts to have hit Mogadishu in recent times.
    It took place in a business centre in Maka Al Mukaram street which has hotels, shops and restaurants, Police Major Mohamed Hussein told Reuters. Cars in the street were set ablaze
    Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
    Police said they did not believe the militants were inside the hotel. Stinking gases from the blast reached several kilometres away from the scene.
    Somalia has been convulsed by lawlessness and violence since 1991. Islamist group Al Shabaab is fighting to dislodge a Western-backed government protected by African Union-mandated peacekeepers.
    (Camera: Abdirahman Hussein; Editing: Abdirahman Hussein, Robert Waweru; Production: Robert Waweru)
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